The joys of Northern boating
 

I had to shovel off the boat today. With snow shoes. By the end I was standing on snow as high as the cap on my 20MA on the trailer.

Nice lines.....




But screw that :)

Uh, I thought this was about a boat...wheres the boat?
Masochist:D

Yikes!!!

No THANK-YOU..

Our day was spent in shorts preparing for bottom painting :cool:

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Yep, shorts for me too. Cleaned out the shop and stripped all the wiring behind the console preparing for a complete electronic refit. Snow is for polar bears and Eskimos.

Hmmm. I don't own a pair of snow shoes. Short sleeve shirt this afternoon. Would have been a nice day for a boat ride, but we went last weekend and we had some yard chores to do today.

Are we rubbing it in?

You guys are killing me. After 16 years in the CG all in maine and massachusetts, I've made up my mind to see how you southern guys do it. Now I just have to convince the assignment officer. There is no down side. No snow and I can fish all year... No brainier

Chance1234 :
USCG Group St. Pete -
Station St. Pete (7 +/-)
Station Sand Key (8 +/-)
Station Ft. Myers Beach (7.5 +/-)
Small Boat Station Cortez (8.5 +/-)
Small Boat Station Yankeetown (9.5 +/-)

Air Station Clearwater (9.0 +/-)

Chance1234

Chance,

If you don't say, I will! FU Terry! ;) ;) ;) ;)

Yes, but he slip fees are much less when ice out is in July and refreeze is September.

Last Tuesday on Feb 10 we were in Sanibel Fl. doing this casting into the mangroves

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AND!! Came home to this on Monday the 16th Oh yeah Mass is beautiful "NOT!!

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The other Snow Mass.?
 

Glad you made it home finally John. A few challanges - just to make it an "adventure". Hope you caught up with all your appointments and stuff. You all come back and visit whenever you can. In the meantime read a couple of Randy Wayne White books like Hunters Moon or Sanibel Flats to keep your gills from dry'in out!

That's a definite on the books.My son actually bought both of them, so I'll be reading them when he's done.
I got most of my med stuff in the works.so im getting there.
Going to spend this year getting rid of the years of collecting junk, put in a new septic system, and finish up some other needed house repairs, and try to get it up for sale, then im headed south

John, glad you made it back... I know you would have rather stayed
in the sunshine state!

Just outa' curiosity which one was the turd on the trip? The one on the left
or the one on the right in the pic ?? Gonna guess the left..;)

Also when your ready to check out the east side of our wonderful state
let me know..

DING DING DING!! We have a winner.
Yes Bones,it was the one on the left.The one on the right in the gray sweatshirt is my son.He actually organized and paid for the days fishing.
The one on the left is his brother in law who got all cackled.
In retrospect,I probably should have just let it roll off my back,he did apologize and was fine the rest of the trip.

I'll definitely let you know when I'm ready.After being able to get out and fish in February, I realized what I've been missing.
Now in my senior years,I'd like to find a spot down Florida way just for the winter months where I could live inexpensively,(its just me)and maybe just fish interior/bay waters for whatever.Maybe pickup a ctr console that I could handle easily by myself or with another,and finally get a chance to relax.I only wish I had made this decision ten years earlier.

**If you(or anyone else) have any info on what east coast areas are affordable,and offer sheltered waters for relaxing fishing,with maybe an occasional offshore adventure please let me know.It would be a help and would give me a starting point as to where to focus some attention.
Thanks to all for the help